Daywear Sgian Dubh???

[Dale Seago]

For some time now I have been perfectly content with my one and only sgian dhu. Now I find that to be proper I should have one sgian dhu for daywear and one for evening wear. Will my wallet ever recover?

Relax, it can be more easily done and with less strain on your wallet than you might think. I had this stag sgian made to my specifications a year ago, by someone here at Xmarks:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...3&l=86ea3c07b3

[Ryan Ross]

:sigh:

Yeah, me too, the more so because of my incurable hoplophilia.

I think MoR expressed it VERY well when in post #5 he said,

". . .since a sgian dubh is a specific style of knife associated exclusively with Highland attire, the more you deviate from the established norm the greater your potential for a run-in with the law becomes. "

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...to the emails, Batman!!!

[HaggisMacJedi]

I just don't like how it feels having a sgian dubh in the hose. It just becomes uncomfortable for me. If I think I might be needing a knife for the day I simply take my 3 inch lock blade knife and either put it in my sporran or use its clip to attach it to the lower kilt strap on the right side. I know some folks really enjoy a good sgian dubh, dirk, etc, but I don't particularly care for the look or feel of one for myself personally. I don't strap on a dagger, knife, and sword when wearing my jeans, and I don't when wearing the kilt either.

[creagdhubh]

Since we don't know where you live, it is impossible to give you any meaningful advice; what may be legal in Oklahoma City would probably land you in the clink in Boston or Toronto. That said, since a sgian dubh is a specific style of knife associated exclusively with Highland attire, the more you deviate from the established norm the greater your potential for a run-in with the law becomes.

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[Tobus]

I just don't like how it feels having a sgian dubh in the hose. It just becomes uncomfortable for me.

Interesting. I often forget mine is even there, as I can't feel it in there unless I move a certain way or reach down to wiggle it. It just sort of blends in with the pressure from my garter ties.

[creagdhubh]

Interesting. I often forget mine is even there, as I can't feel it in there unless I move a certain way or reach down to wiggle it. It just sort of blends in with the pressure from my garter ties.

I'm the same way, Tobus.

[David Thorpe]

Interesting. I often forget mine is even there, as I can't feel it in there unless I move a certain way or reach down to wiggle it. It just sort of blends in with the pressure from my garter ties.

Another ***, applies equally to either my DIY antler crown-handled or my Torrington replica blackwood and silver dress one.

[OC Richard]

Boy, I don't know about this site. I am beginning to dread opening it up each day. For some time now I have been perfectly content with my one and only sgian dhu. Now I find that to be proper I should have one sgian dhu for daywear and one for evening wear. Will my wallet ever recover?

LOL

Thing is, by the 1930s Highland Dress had become highly compartmentalised with three quite strict categories 1) "Outdoor Dress" (or "Daytime Dress"), 2) "Evening Dress", and 3) military style costume.

In looking carefully through several old Highland Dress catalogues from the 1920s and 1930s it becomes apparent that Day Dress and Evening Dress were utterly different at that time, each with its own dedicated shoes, hose, sporran, shirt, necktie, and jacket. Not only that, but different kilts as well! Because these catalogues mention heavyweight kilts for Day Dress and "fine" lightweight kilts for Evening Dress. So of course sgian dubhs would follow suit.

Wasn't the case in the mid 19th century when the lines between those three modes of Highland Dress were not strictly drawn, and it was common to wear long hair sporrans and buckled shoes and full tartan hose with plain grey and brown tweed jackets (such as we consider to be for "Day"), and common to wear plain brown or grey hose and ordinary shoes with black jackets (such as we consider to be for "Evening") and so on.

[unixken]

I don't strap on a dagger, knife, and sword when wearing my jeans, and I don't when wearing the kilt either.

I never leave the house without a good folder and a SureFire flashlight. Whether it's cutting my own or someone else's seat belt following a car accident, navigating an unfamiliar building interior when a fuse blows, or whatever, it's always good to be prepared with at least a basic tool or two, ready at hand. No reason a sgian couldn't also fill the role of a working knife.

[David Thorpe]

No reason a sgian couldn't also fill the role of a working knife.

I'm waiting for someone to come up with a Swiss Army "MacGuyver" mulit-tool knife disguised as a sgian dubh.